Mike Stevens wrote:The 'uprated' bulbs I was talking about are still 55W so OK. Not the 100W types.
A lot of Stag owners have converted to HiDs with no legal or MoT problems. There's a chap on their forum who sells kits and they do seem popular.
Cheers,
Mike.
Mike,
Being an SOC member I, of course, have seen/read some threads on this. Uprated seems to be a bit of a grey area. 45W is marked on some of the failed units I have used (37.5/45W) as is 55W on the later ones. I'm unsure if the late Stag or Mk.2 saloon were ever fitted with 55W but obviously when they became available, say, due to Ford specifying that particular spec, say, in 1979 then owners of 5 3/4" units could retro fit. Same with Halogen, a 55W bulb but different light spread/intensity giving a better lighting experience. Distance should still be set the same, otherwise one will dazzle oncoming traffic even better than before the upgrade.
As I say, my units are advertised as HiD bulb type but Xeon is a gas and thus one would need an ignitor to light the gas. The HiD are better than any of the halogen retro fit ones I have come across but that is due to choice of whiteness (I think the range is 5400k to 9600k). The upper spectrum will start to give blue. The kit came with ballast units and not relays. I'll have to do some ferreting to see if technology has advanced to provide a Xeon bulb without the need for an ignitor unit or is just simply that there is confusion of HiD and Xeon?
Should be enough info in this thread for a person to decide or give pointers to further research!
Kev
